dv said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

SCIENCE said:

well if he was intending to give a proper acknowledgement of his contemporary’s contribution then he should have written it as

What Des-Cartes did was a good step. You have added much several ways, & especially in taking the colours of thin plates into philosophical consideration. aaabddeeeeeefffgghhhhiiiiiilnnnnnooorrrsssssstttttuuvy

The bingbot doesn’t know what aaabddeeeeeefffgghhhhiiiiiilnnnnnooorrrsssssstttttuuvy, and neither do I.

It’s an anagram.

Feel free to re-arrange and translate it for me.